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The QC, Vol. 85, No. 09 • November 5, 1998

1998_11_05_p001

WHITTIER
COL LEGE
uaker
November 5,1998
ampus
C () L L
■ Death Be
Not Proud?
Was this year's
Day ofthe Dead
festival as
spectacular as j
past years? J,
KG E_
S P O R T S
■ Number
-Mi""
Juan
Senior Juan Rodriguez is Whittier's
first SCIAC crosscountry champ since
1957.
EM
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
v Jofin greenteaf
:
OPINION TOPIC
Does Whittier think voting is
worth the trouble?
CAMP UaS
■ Tour de
Force
Our field trip by public transportation to
the heart of Los Angeles.
Muller Selected to Replace Millman as Interim Dean of Faculty
■ ADMINISTRATION
by Anna Neese
QC Managing Editor
President James L. Ash, Jr.
announced in a public email on
Tuesday, Nov. 3, that Associate
Dean David Muller has been appointed as Interim Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Dean of
Faculty, effective Jan. 1, 1999.
Muller will replace Provost and
Dean of Faculty Richard Millman
when Millman departs for Knox
College to assume his new position as President on Jan. 1, 1999.
[See QC issue 7, vol. 85].
"I welcome the opportunity to
serve Whittier College in my new
role as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty," Muller said. "There is no doubt
in my mind that other qualified
candidates were considered and
David Muller.
[I] am very pleased and honored
to be entrusted with these duties
during this critical time of transition."
Millman said, "I am delighted
with both the process for selecting
the interim dean and the ultimate
outcome."
The appointment will be effective for at least one fiscal year,
Richard Millman.
and the new president of Whittier
College, yet to be selected, will be
in charge of appointing a dean of
his or her choice at the appropriate
time, said Dean of Students Susan
Allen. "I'm really glad that
[Muller] was the person who was
selected," Allen said. "He already
has a great working relationship
with me and all ofthe administra
tive offices."
Although Muller already has
three years of experience in his
current position, he will make the
transition smoother by working
closely with Millman until Mill-
man departs, according to Allen
and Ash.
"The fact that Dean Muller
will have two months to prepare
to assume the position, coupled
with the fact that he already has a
strong working relationship with
Dean Millman, suggests that the
transition will be very smooth,"
Ash said.
In order for other academic
offices and committees that Mill-
man was involved in to run as
normally as possible, Ash said
that "the reporting relationships
of Student Life, Enrollment, and
Athletics will revert to the structure that existed before Millman
was named Provost; i.e., they will
report to the President. This struc
ture will maximize the options of
my successor to structure the reporting relationships within the
administration in whatever way
seems best."
Ash, in his public email,
thanked the Faculty Executive
Committee for their counsel in the
decision-making process.
Muller plans on working with
committees and other programs
as Millman has previously done.
"During the next two months
in particular, I will be working
with the chairs of departments,
programs, and key faculty committees in order to insure that I
will be applying the appropriate
perspective to decisions that will
need to be made," Muller said. "I
will also be relying heavily on the
mutual trust and colleagueship that
I currently enj oy with fellow deans
and associate deans. Naturally,
Rich Millman will figure high on
that list."
New Law Permits Disclosure of Names, Campus Crime Details
Whittier to Continue Witholding Identities of Individuals, But Will Establish Daily Crime Log
m POLICY
by Chris Ziegler
QC Editor-in-Chief
Whittier College will continue its policy of withholding the
identities of students who violate
discipline policies even after the
passage of a federal law permitting the release of such information, Dean of Students Susan Allen
said Tuesday. A provision requiring Campus Safety organizations
to maintain a public log detailing
all reported crimes—but omitting
names—is already being put into
place, however.
"[The law] says you may, but
it doesn't say you must," Allen
said. "We won't [release names]
unless we must. But we will 100%
make sure-the community knows
any risk."
The Higher Education
Amendments, signed into law on
Oct. 7 by President Clinton, clarifies ambiguities in the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) and specifically allows but does not force schools to
release the final results of any
disciplinary hearings on violent
crimes or sex offenses if the stu-
Ed Malone.
dent is found to have committed a
violation of college policy, to include the nature of the violation,
the nature ofthe sanction and the
accused's names. The victim's
name and the names of witnesses
may be included with their written consent.
"We do this to protect people," Allen said, "the victim as
well as the accused."
The College will release information on the nature of the sanctions and the charges after a hearing, butwillwithholdfurther details
to prevent further incident and to
allow the accused a chance to be
rehabilitated and the victimachance
to escape the spotlight, Allen said.
"[We'll release] the what,
when and where, but not who,"
Susan Allen.
Allen said."Not enough to make
the person identifiable."
Colleges are also allowed but
not forced to notify parents if their
children are disciplined for drug
or alcohol policy violations, according to the new law, which
Allen said Whittier currently does
not plan to do.
"We have a larger question at
Whittier College of what sort of
relationship we have with parents,"
she said. "We' ve been not communicating with them at all, except for
sending them the bill. A number of
parents have complained but students appreciate the fact that parents are not in the loop."
Allen said that Whittier releases information to parents only
with student consent.
Sal Plascencia.
"Students deserve the right to
lead lives exclusive of parental
control," Director of Residential
Life Dave Leonard said.
While policy on the public release of discipline hearing outcomes will remain the same, Allen
said that the policy on exactly what
sort of information can be released
to parents could be changed.
"We want to get feedback from
students on where we should draw
the boundaries," she said.
Campus Safety will also begin keeping a daily log open to the
public of all reported crimes as
soon as bureaucratic and technical readjustments permit, Chief of
See POLICIES, page 6
B HIGHER
EDUCATION
JUMUMDMENTS
• The final outcome of hear-
ing violent crimes or sex of-
"TOTO .'TOTO TO TOTO '■ TO l TO" TOto;
the accused student and the
nature of the sanctions and
violations may be released to
the public if the accused student is found responsible. Colleges are not forced to release
this information.
• Colleges may notify parents
their children have been
und in violation of campus :,
drug or alcohol policies if the
students are under 21. Again,
:■ to"
lease this information.
• Campus safety organizations must i a daily
log recording all crimes reported on campus, including
crimes occuring in public
ces accessible from cam-
■ and buildings owned by
iiool organizations, such as
fraternity or society houses.
This log will be available for
public inspection.
ISSUE 9 • VOLUME 85

WHITTIER
COL LEGE
uaker
November 5,1998
ampus
C () L L
■ Death Be
Not Proud?
Was this year's
Day ofthe Dead
festival as
spectacular as j
past years? J,
KG E_
S P O R T S
■ Number
-Mi""
Juan
Senior Juan Rodriguez is Whittier's
first SCIAC crosscountry champ since
1957.
EM
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
v Jofin greenteaf
:
OPINION TOPIC
Does Whittier think voting is
worth the trouble?
CAMP UaS
■ Tour de
Force
Our field trip by public transportation to
the heart of Los Angeles.
Muller Selected to Replace Millman as Interim Dean of Faculty
■ ADMINISTRATION
by Anna Neese
QC Managing Editor
President James L. Ash, Jr.
announced in a public email on
Tuesday, Nov. 3, that Associate
Dean David Muller has been appointed as Interim Vice President
for Academic Affairs and Dean of
Faculty, effective Jan. 1, 1999.
Muller will replace Provost and
Dean of Faculty Richard Millman
when Millman departs for Knox
College to assume his new position as President on Jan. 1, 1999.
[See QC issue 7, vol. 85].
"I welcome the opportunity to
serve Whittier College in my new
role as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty," Muller said. "There is no doubt
in my mind that other qualified
candidates were considered and
David Muller.
[I] am very pleased and honored
to be entrusted with these duties
during this critical time of transition."
Millman said, "I am delighted
with both the process for selecting
the interim dean and the ultimate
outcome."
The appointment will be effective for at least one fiscal year,
Richard Millman.
and the new president of Whittier
College, yet to be selected, will be
in charge of appointing a dean of
his or her choice at the appropriate
time, said Dean of Students Susan
Allen. "I'm really glad that
[Muller] was the person who was
selected," Allen said. "He already
has a great working relationship
with me and all ofthe administra
tive offices."
Although Muller already has
three years of experience in his
current position, he will make the
transition smoother by working
closely with Millman until Mill-
man departs, according to Allen
and Ash.
"The fact that Dean Muller
will have two months to prepare
to assume the position, coupled
with the fact that he already has a
strong working relationship with
Dean Millman, suggests that the
transition will be very smooth,"
Ash said.
In order for other academic
offices and committees that Mill-
man was involved in to run as
normally as possible, Ash said
that "the reporting relationships
of Student Life, Enrollment, and
Athletics will revert to the structure that existed before Millman
was named Provost; i.e., they will
report to the President. This struc
ture will maximize the options of
my successor to structure the reporting relationships within the
administration in whatever way
seems best."
Ash, in his public email,
thanked the Faculty Executive
Committee for their counsel in the
decision-making process.
Muller plans on working with
committees and other programs
as Millman has previously done.
"During the next two months
in particular, I will be working
with the chairs of departments,
programs, and key faculty committees in order to insure that I
will be applying the appropriate
perspective to decisions that will
need to be made," Muller said. "I
will also be relying heavily on the
mutual trust and colleagueship that
I currently enj oy with fellow deans
and associate deans. Naturally,
Rich Millman will figure high on
that list."
New Law Permits Disclosure of Names, Campus Crime Details
Whittier to Continue Witholding Identities of Individuals, But Will Establish Daily Crime Log
m POLICY
by Chris Ziegler
QC Editor-in-Chief
Whittier College will continue its policy of withholding the
identities of students who violate
discipline policies even after the
passage of a federal law permitting the release of such information, Dean of Students Susan Allen
said Tuesday. A provision requiring Campus Safety organizations
to maintain a public log detailing
all reported crimes—but omitting
names—is already being put into
place, however.
"[The law] says you may, but
it doesn't say you must," Allen
said. "We won't [release names]
unless we must. But we will 100%
make sure-the community knows
any risk."
The Higher Education
Amendments, signed into law on
Oct. 7 by President Clinton, clarifies ambiguities in the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) and specifically allows but does not force schools to
release the final results of any
disciplinary hearings on violent
crimes or sex offenses if the stu-
Ed Malone.
dent is found to have committed a
violation of college policy, to include the nature of the violation,
the nature ofthe sanction and the
accused's names. The victim's
name and the names of witnesses
may be included with their written consent.
"We do this to protect people," Allen said, "the victim as
well as the accused."
The College will release information on the nature of the sanctions and the charges after a hearing, butwillwithholdfurther details
to prevent further incident and to
allow the accused a chance to be
rehabilitated and the victimachance
to escape the spotlight, Allen said.
"[We'll release] the what,
when and where, but not who,"
Susan Allen.
Allen said."Not enough to make
the person identifiable."
Colleges are also allowed but
not forced to notify parents if their
children are disciplined for drug
or alcohol policy violations, according to the new law, which
Allen said Whittier currently does
not plan to do.
"We have a larger question at
Whittier College of what sort of
relationship we have with parents,"
she said. "We' ve been not communicating with them at all, except for
sending them the bill. A number of
parents have complained but students appreciate the fact that parents are not in the loop."
Allen said that Whittier releases information to parents only
with student consent.
Sal Plascencia.
"Students deserve the right to
lead lives exclusive of parental
control," Director of Residential
Life Dave Leonard said.
While policy on the public release of discipline hearing outcomes will remain the same, Allen
said that the policy on exactly what
sort of information can be released
to parents could be changed.
"We want to get feedback from
students on where we should draw
the boundaries," she said.
Campus Safety will also begin keeping a daily log open to the
public of all reported crimes as
soon as bureaucratic and technical readjustments permit, Chief of
See POLICIES, page 6
B HIGHER
EDUCATION
JUMUMDMENTS
• The final outcome of hear-
ing violent crimes or sex of-
"TOTO .'TOTO TO TOTO '■ TO l TO" TOto;
the accused student and the
nature of the sanctions and
violations may be released to
the public if the accused student is found responsible. Colleges are not forced to release
this information.
• Colleges may notify parents
their children have been
und in violation of campus :,
drug or alcohol policies if the
students are under 21. Again,
:■ to"
lease this information.
• Campus safety organizations must i a daily
log recording all crimes reported on campus, including
crimes occuring in public
ces accessible from cam-
■ and buildings owned by
iiool organizations, such as
fraternity or society houses.
This log will be available for
public inspection.
ISSUE 9 • VOLUME 85